Author: (Stein) Runar Bergheim
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Scandinavia by car (Denmark/Sweden) 2005
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Scandinavia by car (Denmark/Sweden) 2005 Driving and sailing Scandinavia: We set out from Oslo on the ship Color Festival bound for Hirtshals where our journey across the three islands of Denmark and the west coast of Sweden started. Our itinerary brought us through Århus, Billund/Legoland, Kolding, Odense, Copenhagen, Malmø and Gothenburg before we turned homewards.…
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Edinburgh (Scotland) 2/2005
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Edinburgh (Scotland) 2/2005 Aline, Heather, Rune, Basil and me on a trip to Edinburgh to survey the capital of Scotland as a potential future place to study. Flying in through Prestwick, which carries all the hallmarks of a Ryanair airport, we also got to criss-cross most of the interior of the Scottish lowlands by train…
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Groningen (the Netherlands) 2005
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Groningen (the Netherlands) 2005 A meeting in the Geoshare project took me back to Groningen to meet our friends and colleagues in the Province of Groningen and CAB. Flying in through Amsterdam the Norwegian delegation also took the opportunity to take in the sights of the dutch capital on the weekend before the meeting started.…
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Identified minor problem with definition of tourist season
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On sunday the 29th of may 2005 I had a visit from some friends from Germany and we decided to bring them for a full day car trip into the mountains, even though the weather wasn’t really all that great. We started off in the direction of Luster (hey, that is the name of the…
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Roscommon (Ireland) 2005
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Roscommon (Ireland) 2005 The ever entertaining and interesting Interreg IIIC KNOT project took me to Roscommon in the late days of May where I got tanked up on mounds, mining and gourmet food. Whatever one may say about Roscommon County Council, none can say that they mistreat their guests!!! During our days in Ireland our…
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Why (Stein) in parenthesis?
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I have never been a fan of the name ‘Stein’. Not in the context of my other two names. Stein = Stone Runar = Thought of as writing in stone, but actually ‘secret warrior’ Bergheim = Home among the stones. To most people, then, my name would be Stone Stone Stone. I didn’t particularly enjoy…
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London (England) 2005
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London (England) 2005 A study trip in a standardization project brought me to London in the company of some excellent people with whom the evenings passed easily. This trip will reside in my memory as the trip when we ultimately ended up in seriously gay, non-hetero sexual venues every single night. Why? Nobody knows. […
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Words I use frequently in order to sound condescending
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You all know these words we recently heard, were fascinated by and try to put to use as often as possible. We know how to pronounce them, we know how to spell them and we know approximately nothing about what they really mean. Occasionally this proves fatal, when the victim of our superior conversation technique…
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Inverness (Scotland) 2005
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Inverness (Scotland) 2005 Another business meeting took me for a quick trip to Inverness. The highland capital at the end of the famous Loch Ness appeared far more appealing to me than on previous visits to the city. Mainly because I have failed to go to the nicer parts of the city before. Pubs, cider…
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Home remedies against tooth ache
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On thursday 17th of March 2005, the worst case of tooth ache I ever felt kicked in and rendered me a complete wreck: incapable of thinking, sleeping and even speaking. A quick search on the Internet told me that hitting my thumb, rather hard, with a hammer would make the tooth ache go away –…